So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- BSB So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
- NKJV Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- NASB Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
- NLT Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.
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- Rom 8:16–17The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
- Gal 3:29If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
- Gal 3:26For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
- Gal 4:5–6that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
- Gal 4:31So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 2 Cor 6:16–18What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- Lam 3:24“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
- Rev 21:7He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
- Gen 17:7–8I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
- Jer 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
- Gen 15:1After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
- Ps 16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
- Jer 32:38–41and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
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